Executive Order 9119 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9119—Enlarging the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

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Wednesday, April 1, 1942

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1 min read (190 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.

This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1942-04-01, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Enlarging the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 1222), it is ordered that the following-described public lands, comprising 40 acres, more or less, in Wakulla County, Florida, be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws, including the mining laws, and reserved and set apart for the Department of the Interior, subject to valid existing rights, as an addition to and a part of the St.

▪ Marks Migratory Bird Refuge was established by Executive Order No.

▪ 6964, of February 5, 1935, as amended.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

190

1,141 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

11.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9119, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Apr 1, 1942). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9119-enlarging-the-st-marks-national-wildlife-refuge.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

FLORIDA By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and in order to effectuate further the purposes of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (45 Stat. 1222), it is ordered that the following-described public lands, comprising 40 acres, more or less, in Wakulla County, Florida, be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws, including the mining laws, and reserved and set apart for the Department of the Interior, subject to valid existing rights, as an addition to and a part of the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge: Tallahassee Meridian T. 4 S., R. 2 E., sec. 10, NW¼SE¼. The St. Marks Migratory Bird Refuge was established by Executive Order No. 5740, of October 31, 1931, and the designation was changed to the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge by Proclamation No. 2416, of July 25, 1940. The reservation made by this order supersedes as to any of the above-described lands the temporary withdrawal for classification and other purposes made by Executive Order No. 6964, of February 5, 1935, as amended. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, April 1, 1942.